PREP COACH PODCAST

Absolute pleasure to have Ben Wortley on the podcast! PRO Natural Bodybuilding, Top Coach, Dad, Husband, and one of the best ambassadors of the sport. We talk through his incredible journey as a bodybuilder and coach, get his thoughts on the evolution of the bodybuilding in Australia, rivalries, federations, and what's next!

We answer a range of questions related to peak week including the carb sources, water, sodium, and if to do a fat load or a carb load. We talk about carbs during your cycle and when its best to get a blood test during your cycle. We discuss an athlete that wasn't having the best coaching experience during comp prep, and if you need to have six pack abs in the offseason, We end on our individual plans to compete in future. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Q&As:

✳️Scotty's Thesis Done
✳️Not Accepting Your PRO Card
✳️Masters PRO Cards
✳️Carbs to Use in Peak Week
✳️Fat Load instead of Carb Load
✳️Carbs, Water and Sodium on Show Day
✳️Carbs during your Cycle
✳️Blood Test during Cycle
✳️No Plan during Comp Prep
✳️Six Pack Abs in Offseason
✳️Scotty Moving to Classic Physique
✳️MT, MG and Scotty Competing 2026

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ICN Victoria Head Judge, Jess gives us an insight on what happens at the judges table, if posing is important, and is there judging bias. We talk about new changes in ICN, all the shows coming up this season, and what Jess does when she's not judging, her career, competition journey, and when she is jumping on stage again! Grateful for Jess to spend her time with us on the podcast.

Q&As:

✳️ICN VIC Shows for this Season
✳️Importance of Workshops
✳️What Happens on the Judging Table
✳️The Importance of Posing
✳️Judging Bias and Conflicts
✳️Judging Criteria Sports Model
✳️New Overall Rules & Pro Qualifier
✳️Tony ICN President
✳️Jess's Career
✳️Jess's Competition Journey
✳️Future Judging Aspirations
✳️Different Shows and Seasons

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We answer a range of questions related to comp prep including the transition from offseason to prep, keto diets in prep, cardio before or after training, getting the sweats, removing tan, and much more! We also cover other related topics such as weight caps for divisions, fake nattys, what type of clients we are excited to work with, and can you eat too much protein. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Q&As:

✳️NBA Mega Workshop VIC
✳️Weight Caps for Divisions
✳️Cardio Before or After Training
✳️Getting the Sweats in Prep
✳️Winter Season 2025
✳️Removing Tan Back to Back Shows
✳️Too Much Protein
✳️Clients Excited to Work With
✳️Fake Nattys
✳️Keto for Comp Prep
✳️Transition Offseason to Prep

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Everything you need to know about navigating Post Comp and the Reverse Diet. We replay all the best past clips that discuss the most popular topics about this phase.

We answer a range of questions covering how to get a pump on show day, what muscles to pump, having unhealthy behaviours in prep, and if you should train to failure. Then we finish on coaching questions and how to stay motivated when you show is so far away.

MT and MG answer a big list of questions ranging from starting a gym, picking federations, judging at nationals, prep brain, untracked meals, reverse dieting, post comp minicuts and much more. Without Scotty, not many big words were used but there was plenty of laughs.

We kick with getting a training update for MG and Scotty about training and talk about the use of knee sleeves, doing isolation exercises before the compounds to pre-fatigue the muscles, and how to training through a muslces size imbalance from an injury. We then discuss how you would plan a prep if you were going to compete in 2 of the 3 seasons and the benefits. We finish on when to start cardio in prep, at the start of the end, and are there any benefits to glutamine.

We kick off discussing the recent workshop in WA and the calibre of athletes. We ensure that the podcast will stay as is even though there was an incredible response from the last NBA podcast. We explain our judging role in China, making sure they align with our criteria to uphold our consistency, and discuss how our international shows will be strictly drug tested. We go over the difference between the international standard of categories and if federations in Australia are in alignment. We discuss ICN WA publicly acknowledging there isn't consistent criteria and judging throughout the different states and nationally, and their reasoning behind it. Further discuss if there’s a conflict of interest if Posing Coaches are Judges and how to navigate that. Finally we end on if it’s worth having 2 Day shows, stage wear designers, and if genetics should stop you from competing.

Q&As:

✳️ Successful Workshop in WA
✳️ Keeping the Podcast Q&A
✳️ Judging in China
✳️ Testing at International Shows
✳️ International Standard of Categories
✳️ Judging Different across States and Nationals
✳️ Coaches being Judges perceived conflict
✳️ Changing to 2 Day Shows
✳️ Stage Wear Designers
✳️ Genetics and Bodybuilding

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We explained all the recent changes, and were excited to announce several significant new changes, in our ongoing commitment to lead, innovate, and evolve the industry. We thank MG for his help while Scotty was away and announce that he is now a director/owner of NBA.

We discuss the recent decision to make Wellness a core category ensuring to keep it at the international standard, and have others follow. We explain the new changes to level up Bikini Posing and how it will be judged. Stu explains the latest innovation to bring Judges Feedback to a top level through giving full detailed video analysis.

Next, Scott explains how easy and hassle-free it will be to compete in Bali with a package that takes care of everything from transport, accommodation, meal prep services, gym access and more. Then MG discussed the international competitors that'll be competing, and our exciting expansion into China with our first affiliation show in November this year.

We announce a cost saving incentive for competitors wanting to do multiple shows without having to do multiple federations with high cost buying different memberships. We are offering free registration for their second show in a different state, the ability pick the federation you enjoy most, do multiple shows under one membership.

Next big announcement is the addition of a third season in the middle of the year with multiple shows including a Nationals to earn PRO Cards. This includes making season name change to Autumn, Winter and Spring to avoid confusion, that is logical and intuitive.